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From sovereign IT governance to liberal IT governmentality ? A Foucauldian analogy

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  • Aurélie Leclercq-Vandelannoitte

    (IESEG Business School - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - IESEG - UCL - Université catholique de Lille, LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Bertin Emmanuel

Abstract

Changes in the technological and societal environments that surround organisations have disrupted the classic governance frameworks that corporate and information technology (IT) managers have designed to align IT uses with organisational missions, strategy, and values. The formerly “sovereign territory” of IT departments has been invaded, jeopardised by the autonomy of individual users and the changing nature of IT. Thus questions of IT governance in the age of IT consumerisation are highly critical. In response, this theoretical article introduces an alternative approach, relying on the philosophy of Michel Foucault and his concept of governmentality. The proposed liberal model of IT governance provides a sound foundation to address the challenges associated with modern technological and societal environments in which today’s organisations must evolve. The inferences and analytic implications related to this new liberal model of IT governance lead to the development of a set of governance principles and propositions to guide practice and further research.
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  • Aurélie Leclercq-Vandelannoitte & Bertin Emmanuel, 2018. "From sovereign IT governance to liberal IT governmentality ? A Foucauldian analogy," Post-Print hal-01819147, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01819147
    DOI: 10.1080/0960085X.2018.1473932
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    1. Medaglia, Rony & Eaton, Ben & Hedman, Jonas & Whitley, Edgar A., 2022. "Mechanisms of power inscription into IT governance: lessons from two national digital identity systems," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 108207, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    2. Aurélie Leclercq-Vandelannoitte, 2019. "Is Employee Technological “Ill-Being” Missing from Corporate Responsibility? The Foucauldian Ethics of Ubiquitous IT Uses in Organizations," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 160(2), pages 339-361, December.
    3. Jean-Marie John-Mathews & Dominique Cardon & Christine Balagué, 2022. "From Reality to World. A Critical Perspective on AI Fairness," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 178(4), pages 945-959, July.
    4. Baillette, Paméla & Barlette, Yves & Leclercq-Vandelannoitte, Aurélie, 2018. "Bring your own device in organizations: Extending the reversed IT adoption logic to security paradoxes for CEOs and end users," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 76-84.

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